Ed Whitacre: From AT&T to GM to KBH (UPDATE)

The latest video testimonial touted by U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s camp in her challenge to Gov. Rick Perry is Ed Whitacre, the former AT&T head who’s got a challenge of his own looming as the new General Motors chairman.

Whitacre says Hutchison is “interested in the things that are good for this state.”

Part of his commentary sounds like it could be given by a Perry supporter, since he calls Texas “the best state in the nation for business” — a cornerstorne of the incumbent’s sales pitch to keep his job.

But no, Whitacre believes Hutchison is the person who can keep Texas great.

UPDATE: Perry spokesman Mark Miner said: “The governor agrees that Texas is the best place in the nation to do business and it’s because of low taxes, lawsuit reform and reasonable regulations that the governor and legislature have implemented.”